Southeast Asian Studies BA Checklist
(This checklist is for students declaring the major Summer 2006 or later. Students who declared this major prior to Summer 2006
do not need to take SIS 201, but they must take a second Asian Civilization course from: HSTAS 201, 202, 211, 212, 241, SISSA 200; or students may choose to do the new version of the major.)
A minimum grade of 2.0 is required in all courses counted toward the major, except for 1st & 2nd yr. language courses, where grade must average 2.0.
LANGUAGE: 30 credits (2 years) or 2nd yr. proficiency in a Southeast Asian Language:
Indonesian, Khmer, Tagalog, Thai, or Vietnamese ____________________________________________________________
REQUIRED ASIAN SURVEY COURSES (15 credits):
1) SISA 210 Rise of Asia (5) ________________________________________
or SISA 209 Asian Civilizations: Traditions (5)
2) SISSE/HSTAS 221 History of Southeast Asia (5) _______________________
3) SIS 201 The Making of the Twenty-first Century (5) ____________________
ADDITIONAL CIVILIZATION or THEMATIC ASIA COURSE (5 credits) chosen from:
| ANTH/SISEA 407 | Global Futures in East Asia (5) |
| ART H 204 | Survey of Asian Art (5) |
| ART H 315 | Buddhist Art of East Asia (5) |
| ASIAN 401 | Introduction to Asian Linguistics (5) |
| ASIAN 404 | Writing Systems (3) |
| COM 428 | Asian Media Systems (5) (formerly CMU 428) |
| GEOG 313 | East Asia (5) |
| GEOG 438 | Cities of East Asia: Geography and Development (5) |
| HSTAS 201 | Ancient Indian Civilization (5) |
| HSTAS 202 | Modern Indian Civilization (5) |
| HSTAS 211 | History of Chinese Civilization (5) |
| HSTAS/SISEA 212 | History of Korean Civilization (5) |
| HSTAS/SISEA 241 | Japanese Civilization(5) (formerly HSTAS 341) |
| MUSIC 316 | Music Cultures of the World: Asia & Middle East |
| RELIG 202 | Introduction to World Religions: Eastern Traditions (5) |
| RELIG 350/ANTH 352 | Buddhism and Society (5) |
| RELIG 354 | Buddhism (5) |
| SIS/ANTH 449 | Social Transformation in Modern East Asia (5) |
| SISA 209 | Asian Civilizations: Traditions (5) |
| SISA/HSTAS 244 | Imperialism and Anti-colonialism in Asia (5) |
| SISA/HSTAS 245 | Human Rights in Asia (5) |
| SISA/SOC 265 | Globalization in Asia (5) |
| SISA/GEOG 372 | Asian Environment and Development (5) |
| SISA 401 | Asia and the World (5) |
| SISEA 242 | Introduction to Contemporary Japan (5) |
| SISEA 434/SOC 434 | Demographic Asia (5) |
| SISEA 443/ANTH 446 | Class and Culture in East Asia (5) |
| SISEA/POL S/LSJ 46 | 9 Law, Development and Transition in East Asia (5) |
| SISEA 480 | New Orders in East Asia (5) |
| SISEA 481 | Science, Tech., & Innovation Policies in E Asia (5) |
| SISSA 200 | South Asia Today Conditional approval |
| SIS 302 | Intercultural Relations (5) (when taught by Guy) |
| SIS/HSTAS 348 | Alternative Routes to Modernity (5) (when taught by Guy) |
| SIS 430 | International Population (5) (when taught by Lavely) |
| SIS 455 | Industry and the State (5) (when taught by Hamilton or Whiting) |
TWO REQUIRED SE ASIA TOPIC COURSES: (10 credits) from at least two disciplines:
SECTION I
1) HSTAS 462 Southeast Asian History to 1800 (5) ______________________
HSTAS 463 Southeast Asian History from 1800 to present(5) _______________
2) SISSE/ANTH 314 Civilization of Island Southeast Asia (5) _________________
SISSE/ANTH 315 Southeast Asian Civilization: Buddhist & Vietnamese (5) _______
ANTH 352/RELIG 350 Buddhism and Society (5) __________
SISSE/ANTH 445Southeast Asian Literature and Society (5) __________
3) SISSE 343/POL S 343 Politics and Change in Southeast Asia __________
SOC 470 Contemporary Southeast Asia
4) SISSE 490 Special Topics in Southeast Asian Studies (5) __________
ELECTIVES: 20 additional credits
1) 10 credits from courses not taken above in SECTION I or from those listed in SECTION II below ,
2) 10 credits from courses listed in SECTIONS II or III below, or in SECTION I above.
__________________ __________________ __________________ __________________
SENIOR PAPER - To be completed in one of the upper-division courses for the major: ________________________________________________________
Guidelines for the senior paper and senior paper form are available at: http://jsis.washington.edu/advise/file/Asia_Agr_formA.pdf
SECTION II - ELECTIVES
| HSTAS 265 | The Vietnam Wars (5) (formerly HSTAS 465) |
| HSTAS/SISSE 466 | Islam, Mysticism, Politics, & Performance in Indonesian Culture (5) |
| HIST/SISSE 205 | Filipino Histories (5) |
| SISSE/HSTAS 469 | Topics in Southeast Asian History (5) |
| GEOG 434 | Southeast Asia: Conflict and Development (5) |
| MUSIC 439 | Music of Indonesia and the Philippines (5) |
| WOMEN 423 | Feminism, the State, and Democracy in Indonesia (5) |
SECTION III - ELECTIVES
| AES 322/WOMEN 322 | Race & Gender (5)* |
| AAS 390 | Asian American Family & Personality (5)* |
| AAS 395 | Southeast Asian Culture (5) |
| AAS 498 | Special Topics (when topic is Economic Development of Southeast Asians) (5) |
| ANTH 357 | Text & Performance in Island Southeast Asia (5) |
| ANTH 421 | Belief, Ritual, & the Structure of Religion (5) |
| ANTH 428 | Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnicity (5)* |
| ANTH 492/CHS 492 | Anthropology of Refugees (3) |
| ASIAN 498 | Special Topics (1-5)* |
| ECON 491 | Issues in Economic Development (5)* |
| ECON 591 | Theoretical Issues in Economic Development (5)* |
| ENGL 473 | Current Development in English Studies (when topic is Language Policy and Indochinese Refugees) (5)* |
| ENGL 478 | Language & Social Policy (5) * |
| GEOG 349 | Geography of International Trade (5) * |
| HSTAA 338 | The United States and Vietnam (5) |
| HIST 346 | Images of War in History, Literature, & Media (5) |
| MUSIC 316 | Music Cultures of the World: Near East, Central Asia, Far East, South and Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and the Philippines (5) |
| MUSAP 389 | World Music (when topic is focused on SE Asian music genre) (2-3) |
| MUSIC 445 | Selected Topics in Ethnomusicology (when topic is focused on SE Asian music genre) (3) |
| POL S 433 | International Relations in Southeast Asia (5) |
| SIS 406 | Political Islam & Islamic Fundamentalism (5) |
| SIS/SOC 432 | Population & Modernization (3)* |
| SIS 444 | Peasants in Politics (5)* |
| SISSE 499 | Undergraduate Research (3-5, max. 15) |
| SOC 401 | Special Topics in Sociology (when taught by Hirschman) (5) |
| WOMEN 305 | Feminism in an International Context (5) |
| WOMEN 322/AES 322 | Race & Gender (5) * |
| >Not more than one of the following: | |
| >RELIG 202 | Introduction to World Religions: Eastern Traditions (5) |
| >WOMEN 205 | Introduction to Global Perspectives on Women (5) * |
Any language courses, third-year and above.
Other courses may be added at a later date. Please watch for newly approved electives on annual and quarterly course listings.
* When taught by Southeast Asian faculty.
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